Chennai in B&W: Images from the archives

circa 1950: Men bringing in man-drawn rickshaws to be added to the large number of them stacked up in front of the Deputy Commsioner of Traffic's office at Madras (now Chennai) after a ban forbidding their use. They are to be replaced by cycle rickshaws, a combination of rickshaw and bicycle. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

April 2, 1929: A demonstration in Madras (now Chennai),calling for a boycott of the Simon Commission. The demonstrators are carrying black banners with the slogan 'Simon Go Back'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

St George's Cathedral in Madras (now Chennai), circa 1865. Designed by JL Caldwell of the British East India Company, the Anglican (now Church of South India) cathedral was built in 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)